By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO Foil. Sabre. Epee. These are not terms you hear used by the average teenager from East Baltimore. Certainly not the average African-American teenager, well, anywhere. Amir Whitehead has been fencing since the age of 7 or 8, when his father, a former Broadway Shakespearean theater actor, introduced him […]
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Baltimoreans are Marylanders too. They are both entitled to and deserve the vaccine.
Mayor Brandon M. Scott (Courtesy Photo/https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/) It’s outrageous. Governor Hogan said that Baltimore City has gotten “far more than they are really entitled to.” Baltimoreans are Marylanders too. They are both entitled to and deserve the vaccine. However, city residents do not have equitable access to vaccine doses. The State has not provided an equitable […]
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Inside the wisdom and work of Frank B. Coakley
Frank B. Coakley (Courtesy Photo) By Ralph E. Moore Special to the AFRO Frank B. Coakley was Chief Lending Officer for Baltimore Community Lending when he died. He was a genius with finance as well as a gentle giant among the citizens of Baltimore and the state of Maryland where he worked. He was a […]
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Morgan State Alumnus Calvin Tyler increases endowment commitment to $20 million
Calvin and Tina Tyler Increase Endowment Commitment to $20 million with Morgan State University President David K. Wilson. The $20-million pledge is the largest private donation from an alumnus in University history and is believed to be the largest contribution of its kind to any Historically Black College or University (HBCU) nationwide from an alum. […]
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JHU students working to prevent targeted violence, terrorism
(Courtesy Photo) By AFRO Staff Twenty-one undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have teamed up to compete in a marketing competition organized by EdVenture Partners (EVP). The competition, Invent2Prevent, features students from 25 different universities nationwide. All JHU participants are enrolled in Professor Leslie Kendrick’s Advertising and Integrated Marketing Communications class, which mirrors the […]
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Commentary: Reflections in Black: equity in real property
Baltimore must implement laws, policies, regulations and practices that restore Black people and communities. (Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office) By Nneka Nnamdi My lived experience and research show that racism in public policy has damaged Black neighborhoods and disproportionately harmed Black residents wherever they may live. The interpersonal violence we see in the community is […]
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PCs for People to help close city’s digital divide
The Baltimore Mayor’s Office and the Baltimore City Office of Information Technology partnered with local nonprofit, PCs for People, to provide low-income families with refurbished computers. (Courtesy of PCs for People) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Under the leadership of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the city is simultaneously reducing waste and taking concrete […]
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This White man keeps getting away with murder
Sean Yoes By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com During an interview in 1961, the Harlem prophet James Baldwin was asked what it was like to be Black in America. He said: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage, almost all of […]
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Morgan State’s Winbush contributes to `Judas and the Black Messiah’
Dr. Ray Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University, provided vital research and historical substance for the critically acclaimed new movie, Judas and the Black Messiah, which chronicles the life of the Black Panther, Fred Hampton. (Courtesy photo) By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com In 1969, America was in […]
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Solicitor finds no fault with Baltimore prosecutor’s travel
Maryland State Attorney Marilyn Mosby, a prominent figure in the racial justice movement, attended two dozen events outside Maryland in 2018 and 2019 without getting approval for more than half of the trips, according to an inspector general’s report released Feb. 9. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) By Associated Press Baltimore’s state’s attorney, a prominent figure […]
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500,000 dead and counting: Where are the vaccines?
By Rev. Dorothy Boulware AFRO Managing Editor editor@afro.com A recent AP report said seniors in Washington D.C. are “lagging behind” in vaccination numbers, especially those who live in the poorest and “Blackest” parts of the District. Almost every report says African Americans, as well as other minorities, are significantly behind in vaccination numbers. JHU’s Coronavirus […]
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Mayor Scott to hire Baltimore’s first Digital Equity Director
Mayor Brandon M. Scott (Courtesy Photo/https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/) Digital Equity Director to Focus on Bridging the Digital Divide in Baltimore BALTIMORE, MD (Wednesday, February 24, 2021) — Today Mayor Brandon M. Scott is announcing that he plans to hire Baltimore City’s first Director of Broadband and Digital Equity. This position will serve as Baltimore City’s primary representative […]